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Republican campaigns are focusing their advertisements on the transgender community and consistently implying that the Democratic party takes transgender rights to extremes.

Robert Roberson is scheduled to die Oct 17. He is set to be executed by the state of Texas for a crime that experts say didn’t happen. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence that indicates that Roberson’s two-year-old daughter, Nikki, did not die from physical abuse but that instead she died from a chronic health condition and pneumonia.

Could the issue that decides the 2024 presidential election be masculinity? Donald Trump is connecting with young male voters who see him as an alpha male. But Democratic candidate for vice president, Tim Walz, is presenting a brand of masculinity that is also inclusive and more healthy. Dr. Ronald Levant, author of “The Problem with Men," explains the connection between toxic masculinity and authoritarianism.

A year after the October 7 attacks in Israel and the start of the war in Gaza, a new FRONTLINE documentary tells the harrowing first-person stories of Israelis and Palestinians living through this unprecedented year of violence. "A Year of War: Israelis and Palestinians" offers accounts of the October 7 attacks and the year of bloodshed that has followed.

A recently released poll gauging Texas voters' values, political priorities, and opinions on hot-button issues shows the top issues for voters are border security, affordability, abortion, and education. Luke Warford, director of Texas Public Opinion Research, breaks it down.

Two years ago, Elon Musk bought the social media platform Twitter, now known as X, in a $44 billion deal. Now it's estimated to be worth $7 billion. Along that same timeline Musk has become more vocal in his far-right-wing politics. The new book "Character Limit" charts Musk and Twitter's downward spiral.

Brad Chandler Simpson is in the Bexar County Jail, charged with assault in connection with his wife's disappearance. Suzanne Simpson has been missing for a week. Domestic violence is very real and all too common in Bexar County. What does the Simpson case tell us about intimate partner abuse?

Election Day is just weeks away. It won’t be long before we’re able to vote in Texas.But there is something sinister going on with our election, something that journalist Ari Berman says is a five-alarm fire for democracy. He says there is definitely a plot to steal the election.

Timothy Snyder's "On Freedom" draws on the work of philosophers and political dissidents and conversations with contemporary thinkers. Snyder also lays out how American conservatives have gotten freedom wrong. Also how Donald Trump with Project 2025 is a threat to actual freedom in America. Snyder identifies the practices that will allow us to design a government in which we and future generations can flourish.

The Texas near-total abortion ban continues to reveal its unintended consequences that are making childbirth in the state less safe and increasing the rates of infant and maternal mortality.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar is seeking reelection. Salazar took heat when he went on stage during the Democratic National Convention and blasted Donald Trump for weakening border security.

PBS FRONTLINE investigates the lives and views of Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz as they run for vice president. Where did they come from and who do they represent? In a historic election, those who know the candidates best reveal the influences and ideas each would bring to the White House.

This Saturday the 9th Annual Monarch Butterfly & Pollinator Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. at Brackenridge Park. Over 30 educational partners will provide hands-on, nature-based experiences for children and adults to over an expected over 3,500 attendees. This is a free event and open to the public.

"Chasing The Tide" charts a 370-mile trek across the seven barrier islands of Texas. The series will air on all Texas PBS stations. It highlights efforts by individuals, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies to conserve Texas’ wild coast and future-proof communities at the mercy of the Gulf of Mexico.

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont says Texas has a chance to turn blue this election and he's in the region to rally support for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president.

TPR's The Source is producing a series of candidate interviews for the 2024 election season. Today we hear from Democrat Cecilia Castellano who is running for HD 80. Former Uvalde Mayor Don Mclaughlin is the Republican in the race. TPR's "The Source" has invited McLaughlin to come on air and we are working on setting a date for that discussion.

Heading into the vice president debate we look at the job of being Veep. It has been called worthless by some of the people who were Vice Presidents. But now the job has grown – while still playing second banana. We look at the "Modern American Vice Presidency: The Transformation of a Political Institution."

The American overdose crisis has reached record-breaking levels; preventable overdoses are now responsible for more annual deaths than traffic accidents, suicide, or gun violence. Fentanyl—the cheap synthetic opioid—remains poorly understood by policymakers and the public. We separate the facts from the fiction surrounding fentanyl.